CMS - General Science Vocabulary

Mrs. Ducham (United States of America)
General science words!
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  1. invertebrate
    any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
  2. vertebrate
    animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton
  3. carnivore
    a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal
  4. omnivore
    an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
  5. herbivore
    any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
  6. convection
    transfer of heat caused by molecular motion in liquid or gas
  7. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  8. hypothesis
    a tentative insight that is not yet verified or tested
  9. astronomy
    the branch of physics that studies celestial bodies
  10. geology
    science of the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
  11. meteorology
    the earth science dealing with phenomena of the atmosphere
  12. glacier
    a slowly moving mass of ice
  13. element
    a substance that cannot be separated into simpler substances
  14. electron
    an elementary particle with negative charge
  15. plasma
    a fourth state of matter distinct from solid, liquid or gas
  16. liquid
    fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume
  17. solid
    not soft or yielding to pressure
  18. chemical
    produced by reactions involving atomic or molecular changes
  19. oxygen
    a colorless, odorless gas that is essential for respiration
  20. gene
    part of DNA controlling physical characteristics and growth
  21. reptile
    a cold-blooded vertebrate including snakes and lizards
  22. amphibian
    cold-blooded vertebrate living on land but breeding in water
  23. planet
    a celestial body that revolves around the sun
  24. meteor
    a small, solid space object that has entered Earth's atmosphere
  25. satellite
    any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
  26. solstice
    when the sun is at its greatest distance from the equator
  27. equinox
    when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator
  28. eclipse
    the phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
  29. fossil
    the remains of a plant or animal from a past geological age
  30. weather
    atmospheric conditions such as temperature and precipitation
  31. climate
    the weather in some location averaged over a period of time
  32. biology
    the science that studies living organisms
  33. speed
    a rate at which something happens
  34. extinct
    no longer in existence
  35. velocity
    distance traveled per unit time in one direction
  36. endangered
    in imminent threat of extinction
  37. earthquake
    vibration from underground movement along a fault plane
  38. caldera
    a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano
  39. volcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  40. trench
    a long steep-sided depression in the ocean floor
  41. rift
    a narrow fissure in rock
  42. divergent
    tending to move apart in different directions
  43. galaxy
    a collection of star systems
  44. universe
    everything that exists anywhere
  45. canyon
    a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall
  46. volume
    the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
  47. measurement
    assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule
  48. calculate
    make a mathematical computation
  49. observation
    the act of making and recording a measurement
  50. infer
    conclude by reasoning
  51. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  52. skeptical
    marked by or given to doubt
  53. paleontology
    the earth science that studies fossil organisms
  54. density
    the amount per unit size
  55. vent
    a fissure in the earth's crust through which gases erupt
  56. repetition
    the act of doing or performing again
Created on Tue Oct 29 15:01:33 EDT 2013 (updated Tue Oct 29 18:08:20 EDT 2013)

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